Division III Coaches Poll for March 27, 2017

By IWLCA Admin, 03/27/17, 1:00PM EDT

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March 27, 2017

2017 IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll – March 27, 2017

There is a new number one in the IWLCA Division III Coaches Poll this week, as Gettysburg (8-0) claims the top spot, sweeping all 20 first place votes. The College of New Jersey (4-0), Franklin & Marshall (6-1), and Washington and Lee (8-1) follow in the #2-4 spots. Middlebury (5-1) tumbles to #5 after an overtime loss to Bowdoin (6-1), who is the week’s biggest mover, jumping from #15 last week into the #8 spot in the current poll. Trinity (8-1) and York (5-2) each moved up one spot in the poll to #7 and #8 respectively, while Cortland (4-2) falls to #9 and Catholic (4-2) ties Ithaca in the tenth spot to round out the top half of the poll. The same teams as last week populate the #12 through #20 positions, thought the order keeps shuffling based on the previous week’s results.

There are several interesting top twenty match-ups on tap for this week, which begins with a bang on Monday night when TCNJ (#2) hosts #5 Middlebury. Brockport (#14) hosts #18 St. John Fisher, and Middlebury faces a second test against #3 Franklin & Marshall on Wednesday. New number one Gettysburg headlines Thursday’s action when they put their ranking on the line against #2 TCNJ, but the bulk of the big games will be played this weekend: Trinity (#6) visits Bowdoin (#8), Colby (#20) hosts Wesleyan (RV), Middlebury (#5) plays their third game of the week against #19 Amherst, and #18 St. John Fisher welcomes #T-10 Ithaca to town.

Rank

Institution

Points

FPV

Record

Last Poll

1

Gettysburg

400

20

8-0

2

2

TCNJ

357

4-0

3

3

Franklin & Marshall

349

6-1

T-4

4

Washington and Lee

344

8-1

T-4

5

Middlebury

328

5-1

1

6

Trinity (CT)

265

8-1

7

7

York (PA)

261

5-2

8

8

Bowdoin

244

6-1

15

9

SUNY Cortland

223

4-2

6

T-10

Catholic

207

4-2

9

T-10

Ithaca

207

6-1

13

12

Messiah

186

5-2

11

13

Salisbury

179

7-3

10

14

Brockport

176

6-0

12

15

William Smith

121

6-1

17

16

Mary Washington

90

7-4

16

17

Hamilton

81

5-3

18

18

St. John Fisher

47

3-2

14

19

Amherst

39

3-3

T-19

20

Colby

33

3-3

T-19

RV

Wesleyan (CT)

6-2

RV

RV

Stevens

6-2

NR

RV

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

7-1

RV

The next regular season poll for the 2017 season will be published on April 3.